Evening Classes.
I had a look at my local college evening classes, very little to choose from. :(
I'm no good at languages, I've already done a combined English Lit & Lang A level in one year in 2001/2.
No history this year. So, the only choices I am left with, are A-level Philosophy, or GCSE Astronomy.
Both interest me. Astronomy sounds more fun.
My CV is a wasteland of averageness and phailure, and at 37 a GCSE won't help my cause much, but I'm not doing if for that, I'm doing it for my own enjoyment.
Unless the course does not run. That has happened to me a lot of times over the years. In my old town it happened when I signed up for basic motorcycle maintenance.
The local college does an expensive bike course for apprentices, and it costs hundreds, but they won't run a basic course, which is annoying, especially as they have the facilities.
I'm no good at languages, I've already done a combined English Lit & Lang A level in one year in 2001/2.
No history this year. So, the only choices I am left with, are A-level Philosophy, or GCSE Astronomy.
Both interest me. Astronomy sounds more fun.
My CV is a wasteland of averageness and phailure, and at 37 a GCSE won't help my cause much, but I'm not doing if for that, I'm doing it for my own enjoyment.
Unless the course does not run. That has happened to me a lot of times over the years. In my old town it happened when I signed up for basic motorcycle maintenance.
The local college does an expensive bike course for apprentices, and it costs hundreds, but they won't run a basic course, which is annoying, especially as they have the facilities.
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To one side of the canteen, was seperate room marked LECTURERS, where they could sit in peace and quiet. So, we went in there. One day a lecturer asked us to leave. :D My union friend refused. Security were called, we didn't move. Police were threatened etc.
Well, I dropped out of the NVQ 3, but when I went back to do English, I noticed that the room had been changed from LECTURERS to "QUIET AREA".
if i were you though, i'd send off for some info about becoming a private detective. with your bike you would be quite suited to the work. youd be asked to follow cheating husbands around and tracking down debtors. youd have to work long boring hours, but it would be fun.
I could get a job in ten minutes, with one phone call, but I don't want to be a motorcycle courier, as I would like to live, or at least not break any bones.
just make sure its astonomy, and not astrology, they are very different things. :-D
I was going to sign up for some computer training stuff but i must admit i do all my courses from www.lynda.com , take notes and stuff while i'm going through the course. Wish i had more time really
:D
I did both back in England and the club is FAR better, they have guest speakers..experts on every field and lots of hands on experience...monthly star parties etc.
I've been to a few Texas star parties and had a couple of my photos published in Astronomy Now magazine (in the UK) and Astronomy Magazine here.
Kind of fell out of it the last 4 years or so but intend to get back into it soon.
meh. I don't want to
BUT...
If I told people round here that I go to an Astronomy Club, they would beat me round the head with a Vauxhall Viva...
,.....
But hey, with astrology he may make loads off of gullible 40-year old housewives by laying some tarot cards on the table or looking into an empty cup of tea and making up some crap they want to hear.
Yep. You're more likely to make a living out of Astrology than Astronomy...oh what a world we live in.
Either your satire is lost on me, or you are an arrogant arse.
I laughed at my brother once for being an AA. One night through his telescope he showed me Jupiter. The next few nights we watched as the moons cast an eclipse across it's surface. A few nights later he showed me Saturn...
I never laughed again. Awe-inspiring. Mind-blowing. Then we saw the rings of Saturn... Still the most staggering sight I've ever seen. The solar system is a beautiful place.
Star clusters and galaxy clusters are something else...
Best thing i've seen lately, was seeing an Iridium Flare .
I remember watching one years ago as it made it's way across the night sky. I remember it because my friend thought it was a UFO and I had to convince him otherwise.
For something normalish, get a decent pair of binoculars and watch the moon. Something we take for granted, but as it makes it's way across the night sky it's astonishing the speed it moves. It's a heavenly body we can all get inspired by, those craters are something to behold.
Absolutely. I'm always on the lookout for a cheap refractor though!
Did you show him Uranus?
/I'll be here all week. Try the veal!
Andrew
I got all the trimmings Meade LX200GPS 12 inch, laptop hook up and planetary/deepsky CCD cams on it.
I bought a house with 6 acres out in the country ....picked the location for the dark skies and was in the process of building an observatory out back....
Then I got divorced and now it sits in its case in my apartment!...you gotta laugh...don't you?!
Maybe one day I'll get to break it out again.
Yes, well, not always, sometimes, though not quite ... want to but cant really afford to. Har har's come at a premium nowadays. A gallon-full of giggles is around $3.99. I'd rather just mope my way to work each morning.
I wonder which one of us WoSsers has been married/divorced the most often ... who'll start a thread on it :-P
Here's to all the married basterrrrrblokes! HIP HIP!
The teacher was canny, entertaining and informed.
There were two middle aged women who insisted on trying to drag astrology into every lesson. It pissed me off so much I didn't go back, completely destroyed each lesson selfish/stupid bitches.
Moon through binoculars looks pretty cool. Borrow a pair, see what you think. If you are buying, get a pair you can mount on a tripod to cut down on shake, they get heavy quickly.
And there are lots more things you can see with them than just the moon.
:-o:-o:-o
Care to elaborate....
Nope, but much better in 3D with bin's than flat and upside down with an astronomical telescope :roll:
Friend of mine has something like that (well, except without the laptop driven drive). We used to camp out at the Soaring Club of Houston some weekends and look at stuff with it (SCOH is up near Navasota, so on a good night it's reasonably dark). We also used to fire potato cannons, and drink beer there.
Don't be intimidated by uni, often people are. I see this all the time. However those brave enough to go for it and put in the work almost always succeed. You have obviously proved yourself willing to learn and thats largely all it takes.
It does work though. My Dad, bless him, joined one of those minature Japanese tree evening classes and even he got a shag out of it.
I'm not taking the mick though, our local college does some pretty interesting stuff - mobile phone renovation, now there's a nice little part-time home business just waiting to happen. Always worth a look to see whats out there for free (or cheap).